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In reply to the discussion: Democratic Whip James Clyburn: 'Defund the police' cost Democrats seats [View all]LetMyPeopleVote
(146,760 posts)89. Agreed and the members of the squad need to be told to stop pushing this stupid slogan
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Democratic Whip James Clyburn: 'Defund the police' cost Democrats seats [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
OP
What needs to be actively denounced is Republican and conservative media lying about us
JHB
Jun 2021
#21
Democrats have SO many republiQan bad acts that we could be pounding in the media, all
Scrivener7
Jun 2021
#33
Yes, of course it is. And of course it is a necessary discipline. And of course it will continue,
Scrivener7
Jun 2021
#44
We have no control over the meanings that gullible people are convinced to believe
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#46
The DCCC Post Mortem agrees and disagrees with the notion DTP hurt down ballots as much
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#18
Did you even read this article? I would encourage you to read the material you post
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#86
I guess I'm missing something. By the way, the NRCC is already campaigning on this:
George II
Jun 2021
#69
There you go, unwarranted "accusations". I'm not defensive, it seems you're more defensive than I...
George II
Jun 2021
#74
Your "evidence" is more like your opinion. There's been lots of evidence that DTP did cost seats....
George II
Jun 2021
#81
Can I tell you a secret? It's June 2021, I'm not campaigning for anything. But I trust Clyburn's...
George II
Jun 2021
#83
So now you're bashing Congressman Clyburn - why do you have a problem with him?
George II
Jun 2021
#85
My grandmother once said: "The longer I live the more I believe age doesn't mean more wisdom."
AZLD4Candidate
Jun 2021
#80
They need the help of GOP pollster Frank Luntz, who messaged Gingrich's "Contract with America."
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jun 2021
#9
"Defund the Police" wasn't a slogan adopted by any candidate or the party
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#27
The only thing Luntz can do for us is to speak up about Republican "stampede politics"...
JHB
Jun 2021
#45
So is Biden Hates Beef and Dems Weak On Crime which have popped up and dems not
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#16
New Post-Election Poll Reveals How Democrats' Leftward Movement Cost the Party in the 2020 Election
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#53
DCCC Post Mortem disagrees, I respect Clyburn but they're going off opinions vs fact ...
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#15
I'm agreeing with DTP not being a motivating factor, 2nd dem report states inadequate dem ...
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#38
There's more than getting one's own party motivated, despite what some insist on.
empedocles
Jun 2021
#39
Inadequate Dem Brand is what hurt *NOT* Defund Police!! 2nd Dem 2020 Report to say so. https://www.n
Fullduplexxx
Jun 2021
#43
GOP Launches Ads Highlighting 'Defund The Police' To Target Vulnerable 2022 Dems
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#63
Yes, as examples that the right wing IS using Defund the Police and other slogans against us.
George II
Jun 2021
#101
No, in the OP I started this person posted the winger trope about the squad pushing DTP hard
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#104
AOC is not the whole squad and even Fox News admit it they didn't spend too much money on the issue
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#107
Irrelevant to my point she's not "the squad" she's a member and there's no proof that the squad
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#112
Once again, her own words and The Hill are not right wing sources. I guess at this point we need....
George II
Jun 2021
#114
Still NOT proof of the right wing claim you and that poster are proffering, DM me when you get one
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#116
I'm afraid that no matter what I come up with you'd find fault with it, so I won't bother looking.
George II
Jun 2021
#142
I gave you sources to two of the six. There are dozens more, easy to find. Have at it.
George II
Jun 2021
#146
I saw GOP PAC ads featuring members of the squad pushing defund the police
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#177
No one said it didn't exits just 1. DTP wasn't part of dem platform, 2. it wasn't the game changer
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#115
Did a google search on "justice democrats supported defund the police" and couldn't find but one
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#122
Some members of The Squad are Justice Democrats supported representatives who support DTP.
betsuni
Jun 2021
#124
Correct, the whole squad did not push DTP hard as a couple of posters on DU are trying to say...
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#131
This is from the poster who claimed that DNC autopsy supported his bogus claims
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#176
The premise is that the right wing is using "Defund the police" against us Democrats....
George II
Jun 2021
#100
Opposition to DTP should be added to the platform and made a part of the Dem brand.
gulliver
Jun 2021
#67
Agreed and the members of the squad need to be told to stop pushing this stupid slogan
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#89
Laura Ingraham just said "defund the military." Where are the Democrats screaming?
AZLD4Candidate
Jun 2021
#72
That's not a "message". You expect Democrats across the country to merely run ads saying....
George II
Jun 2021
#117
Running ads saying that would do absolutely no good whatsoever, "ace". 90% or more wouldn't even....
George II
Jun 2021
#132
So it is okay for the GOP to run a ton of ads featuring the Squad and the Defund the Police slogan?
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#162
But the GOP does not have well known democrats out providing ready made quotes to be use in ads
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#166
Most Democrats are not stupid and so they do not support the moronic "defund the police" slogan
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#170
Republican voters do not vote Republican because Democrats don't have good messaging
betsuni
Jun 2021
#121
No, I said she was criticized, not that she actually did run too many attack ads.
betsuni
Jun 2021
#128
There was a lot of "You can't just be the I'm-not-Trump" party or the "I'm not as bad as Trump,
betsuni
Jun 2021
#130
You are the poster who lied and claimed that the autopsy superseded all polling posted
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#169
There is a large difference between being a computer commando and working in real campaigns
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#152
So you are not going to go out and work on campaigns in the real world
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#157
"Crickets from Clyburn"? You want Clyburn to address every single comment from crackpots on...
George II
Jun 2021
#110
I had that on in the background while I did other things. I don't know why people are denying...
George II
Jun 2021
#138
At the Turner Town Hall this afternoon, Killer Mike called James Clyburn "incredibly stupid"....
George II
Jun 2021
#151
Defund the Police is a great way to help the GOP win races they should not win
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#172
House passes George Floyd Act as Democrats avoid 'defund the police' clash
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#186
The continuing GOP fiction that President Biden supports defunding police
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2021
#189
Jim Clyburn explained how defund the police hurt Democratic candidates
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 2021
#215